March's Book of the Month - Book Chosen!

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Hello, everyone! My apologies for the delay and Happy New Year! Here is the nomination thread for March's Book of the Month.

Feel free to match your nomination with March's Monthly Challenge, but it's not required to do that in order to nominate (March- Keyword- Books that have these words in their title- Green, Irish(Ireland), Gold, Emerald, Rainbow, Bonus- Shamrock)

If you have never nominated before, please look at the full guidelines: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...!

PLEASE REVIEW THESE GUIDELINES:
-Please do not nominate a book we've already read as a group, especially not one we've done in the last 2 - 3 years. You will be asked for a different nomination if you do. Find our shelves here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books....
-Remember that a book must be out for 6 months or more to be eligible for nominations and voting
-Try not to nominate an author that we've read that year already
-If it is a book in a series that is not the first book, make sure you know that it can be read as a standalone and doesn't require the previous books being read to understand and enjoy.
-Please note that there may be more reasons that a book is not a good fit for nominations or group members as a whole, whether it be availability, cost, accessibility, etc. The moderators reserve the right to make these decision. Thank you for your understanding! :)

Nominations will be open through the 15th (or so, since I'm late posting) of the month, then for the remainder of the month, the voting poll will be open.

Nominations as of Jan. 15:
1. The Irish Healer by Nancy Herriman
2. The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen
3. Like Never Before by Melissa Tagg
4. Irish Meadows by Susan Anne Mason
5. Bride of a Distant Isle by Sandra Byrd
6. Summer of Promise by Amanda Cabot
7. The Icecutter's Daughter by Tracie Peterson
8. Only the River Runs Free by Bodie Thoene
9. A Home for My Heart by Anne Mateer
10. Lethal Action by Rachel Dylan

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

I nominate The Irish Healer. It will fit into the monthly challenge for March as well.

[Christine]

I'll nominate by Julie Klassen

[Hannah]

I'll nominate

[Natalie]

I will change my nomination to . Please tell me if it works better than my other choice,s.

@Beth: I cannot tell if this book has been Buddy Read or Read in the past.

[Natalie]

@Andrea: I am not aware of what the other, featured, monthly challenge for M

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

The rotating monthly challenges. Right now we're doing the "clean your shelves" one (January), but I believe March's challenge will be a keyword one, and if I read the list of keywords correctly, "Irish" is one of them.

[Cheryl]

I'll nominate Bride of a Distant Isle :)

[Natalie]

We have really good choices so far.

[Natalie]

@Andrea: Thanks for the clarification.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

You're welcome. Sorry I didn't make it clear enough the first time. :)

[Loraine, CFD Momma]

I'll nominate

[Carolyn]

for those of us who put up with winters; I will suggest It is a romanctic suspense; in the early 1900 with 'icecutters' backgound history. to hopefully end our winter season, for march

[Natalie]

@Carolyn: I've definitely enjoyed the books I've read by Tracie Peterson.

[Staci, Book Awards Specialist]

I nominate Only the River Runs Free by Brock and Bodie Thoene.

[Olivia]

I would like to nominate if that works. I noticed it was a buddy read a couple years ago, so will it work as a group read?

[Natalie]

@Olivia: It sounds like group read and Buddy Reads are separate. Plus, not everyone participates in each discussion anyways.

[Natalie]

@Staci: That's a good choice! I am also curious about their Jerusalem Chronicles series also sounds intriguing.

[Staci, Book Awards Specialist]

Thanks Natalie! I haven't read their Jerusalem Chronicles either.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Olivia wrote: "I would like to nominate if that works. I noticed it was a buddy read a couple years ago, so will it work as a group read?"

Yes! I think it's okay to do so because the group read is done by vote, and of course, buddy reads are by member choice as well. :)

[Olivia]

Beth wrote: "Olivia wrote: "I would like to nominate if that works. I noticed it was a buddy read a couple years ago, so will it work as a group read?"

Yes! I think it'..."

Great :))

[Marion]

I'm not nominating but just a comment to Staci and Natalie. I recently added the Thoene's Jerusalem Chronicles to my TBR list and plan to read them this summer.

[Staci, Book Awards Specialist]

Thanks for sharing that Marion. I've enjoyed several books by the authors.

[Agnieszka]

I'm nominating

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Hi, all! I'll post the poll tonight - sorry for the delay!

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Here is the link to the poll:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[Kalena]

Andrea wrote: "I nominate The Irish Healer. It will fit into the monthly challenge for March as well."

If it does not get selected, I would be interested in a Buddy read with you. This is on my TBR for this year. :)

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Sounds great, Kalena. Would March still work for you? I think it would fit in with that month's challenge.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Hi, everyone! March's Group Read will be...


The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen


The Group Buddy Read will be...


The Icecutter's Daughter by Tracie Peterson

Am I the only one that finds it humorous that both titles have "Daughter" in them, haha!

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Beth, that is so cool. Maybe everyone had "daughter" on the mind while voting?

I think I have both of those, but I'm not sure yet if I'll have time to get to them in March. I'll try.

[Hannah]

I may pop in a time or two for discussion on . I probably won't get to the other one; Tracie Peterson hasn't been a huge favorite of mine, and I'm still trying to work through physical books I own.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

I will be reading and leading the discussion for The Painter's Daughter, but I probably won't get to the buddy read. I do have it on Kindle, but I just don't think I'll have time to squeeze it in.

[Kerstin]

I haven't read The Painter's Daughter yet, so this should be fun. Julie Klassen is always a treat.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Kerstin wrote: "I haven't read The Painter's Daughter yet, so this should be fun. Julie Klassen is always a treat."

Agree!

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Kerstin wrote: "I haven't read The Painter's Daughter yet, so this should be fun. Julie Klassen is always a treat."

Yes! It's high time I read it, since I pre-ordered it and still haven't read it! :p

[Cheryl]

I haven't read either- will try and get to it! looks interesting as well! :) More great choices to satisfy "a Profession" in the title for the "What's in a name?" challenge !

[Marion]

Yay, the two I already have on kindle were both picked!

[Linda]

Tracy's Book is Free Right Now and I have it https://www.amazon.com/Icecutters-Dau...
But Julies is too expensive :(

[Carolyn]

maybe, I can get my books read in february to start these for march

[[deleted user]]

Can someone please explain the difference between the Group Read and the Buddy Read?

[Cheryl]

Sure- the group read will be a little more structured with the mod posting discussion questions after a week or so, etc. The Buddy read will be a little more free flowing and anyone can join in, post questions , etc. It just means there isn't a "leader of the discussion" per se.

[Christine]

I'm psyched will be read! Looking forward to reading it!

[Andi]

It's a fabulous book!!!